D’var Torah: The Stories We Need to Tell
By Rabbi David Levin
This week’s Torah portion is Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1 — 3:22
What do we owe the generation that comes after us, and what...
Choosing ‘We’
By Rabbi Erica Steelman
This week’s Torah portion is Chukat-Balak: Numbers 19:1 — 25:9
NOVA’s documentary “Bird Brain” offers a striking example of the benefits of...
D’var Torah: Korah’s Rebellion: A ‘Controversy for the Sake of Heaven’
By Clifford S. Fishman
This week’s Torah portion is Korach: Numbers 16:1 — 18:32
The opening event in this week’s Torah portion is “Korah’s rebellion.” Korah...
D’var Torah: Carrying Tradition Forward
By Rabbi Peter Rigler
This week’s Torah portion is Naso: Numbers 4:21 — 7:89
There are moments in Jewish life when time seems to collapse in...
Counting the Uncountable: Families, Wilderness and Moral Architecture
Rabbi Claire M. Green
This week’s Torah portion is Bamidbar: Numbers 1:1 — 4:20
The opening of Parashat Bamidbar feels strangely anticlimactic. After the legal precision...
D’var Torah: Whoever Keeps This Promise, They Shall Be Worthy
Rabbi Eric Mollo
This week’s Torah portion is Behar-Bechukotai: Leviticus 25:1 — 27:34
The great Maya Angelou once wrote, “we are more alike, my friends, than...
D’var Torah: The Leadership of a Generation
Rabbi Alan Iser
This week’s Torah portion is Emor: Leviticus 21:1 — 24:23
The Torah portion of Emor begins rather simply by stating: “The Lord said...
D’var Torah: Won’t You Be My Neighbor: The Golden Rule in a Complicated World
By Rabbi Lance Sussman
This week’s Torah portion is Acharei Mot–Kedoshim: Leviticus 16:1 — 20:27
This week’s double Torah portion, Acharei Mot–Kedoshim, includes the Golden Rule,...
D’var Torah: Being Present for One Another
Rabbi Benjamin David
This week’s Torah portion is Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1 — 15:33
The double-portion of Tazria-Metzora comes along with all its gore and troubling detail,...
D’var Torah: The Power of the Priestly Blessing
Geri Newburge
This week’s Torah portion is Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 — 11:47
In 1693, clergyman Thomas Manton published the “Book of Sermons.” In this compilation was...